[edit5]Closed again after experiments to get the modem working under lupu528 failed. See the post of 5 Oct 2011 on page 3 for advice on using these modems in puppy[/edit4]

[edit4] Reopened to discuss getting the Agere working on lupu528
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A further update - success to report....
jrb has written a wonderful howto http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=60180
explaining how to change the kernel version in any puppy. By changing the kernel in Lupu511 to the one used in Wary060 K2.6.32.1 I now have a schizophrenic puppy that starts up as Wary060 but then behaves like Lupu511 EXCEPT that it can talk to my modem - WONDERFUL.
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Just to note that the progress with Wary 060 unfortunately didn't carry over into Wary 070 - but am hopeful that Barry and Rerwin are on the case and it will be solved soon...
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SOLVED - partly - see above
I'm pleased to report that after loading the agrmodem and agrserial modules that are included in Wary 0.6 then my Agere HDA modem now works using Wary 0.6.
As Wary and Lucid Puppy use different kernels it isn't possible to move the modules to Lucid Puppy unfortunately but I can live with a dual boot system with both Wary for when I need a modem and Puppy 5 Lucid.
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Any clues on how to get this modem working please?

Using Puppy 4.2.1 on an HP550 laptop

Windows Vista comes pre-installed and reports that the modem is an Agere Systems HDA modem on com3 with manufacturer:model id = 11c1:1040

Tried Internet Connection Wizard - couldn't see a modem at all but suggested force loading of agrserial which I've done

Internet Connection Wizard now says that it has detected a modem on /dev/ttyAGS3

peebee,
Interesting problem. It appears that support for this modem type is a work in progress. Puppy apparently has an old driver (judging from the 2005 date). I have been working with modem support for a while, but have not attended to the Ageres.

The information I found from the experts (responsible for it) indicate a sound-driver modification is needed, as well as upgrading to a recent agere driver. I am putting this on my to-do list, to update Puppy's drivers, but cannot get to it for some time.

Barry Kauler,
The newest driver is "dkms-agrsm_2.1.80-7_i386.deb" and the Howto for updating the snd-hda-intel alsa driver is "HOWTO-Agere-11c11040-HDA.html", both from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
The linuxant patch could also be added to this update. I could work this if I had access to the source for the alsa-driver 1.0.16. In addition, the udev rule for Agere modems probably needs ID 11c1:1040 added to it.
Richard

Thanks Richard - if you do get round to it, let me know and i'll be pleased to test it out for you.
The HP550 is a bargain basement laptop - £250 in the UK - (so combines nicely with PuppyLinux) and works great apart from the modem on 4.2.......

peebee,
Interesting problem. It appears that support for this modem type is a work in progress. Puppy apparently has an old driver (judging from the 2005 date). I have been working with modem support for a while, but have not attended to the Ageres.

The information I found from the experts (responsible for it) indicate a sound-driver modification is needed, as well as upgrading to a recent agere driver. I am putting this on my to-do list, to update Puppy's drivers, but cannot get to it for some time.

Barry Kauler,
The newest driver is "dkms-agrsm_2.1.80-7_i386.deb" and the Howto for updating the snd-hda-intel alsa driver is "HOWTO-Agere-11c11040-HDA.html", both from http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
The linuxant patch could also be added to this update. I could work this if I had access to the source for the alsa-driver 1.0.16. In addition, the udev rule for Agere modems probably needs ID 11c1:1040 added to it.
Richard

Hello. Does puppy 4.3.1 have the linuxant patch for alsa? I did not see a udev rule for agere.

I have the same modem as peebee, http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=54805 .

dialeddown,
As I recall, when I created the agere rules, I apparently gave up on trying to support the Agere HDA modems. Things just didn't look ready. Or I wasn't. It seems a patch is needed to a piece of the ALSA HDA sound driver, that was beyond what I could deal with.

Although I think I saw a later version of the driver, I cannot attack that issue for a while. But the ALSA patch makes things complicated, which is why I am holding off.

Anyway, the obvious rule to add to /etc/udev/rules.d/60-dialup-modem.rules would be:

peebee,
Thanks for trying my suggestion. That result sounds familiar. The dmesg listing shows that the modem-stats program "crashed" trying to communicate with the modem.

About the patch, I have seen a statement that the patch is no longer needed after a driver version ...3, whereas they are now beyond that level. So, I don't know whether is is needed or not. But another killer is that apparently the driver is not ready for the current version of the ALSA driver (1.0.20). There are so many various versions of the driver in the 11c1:1040 download directory, that it is not clear which to use. The latest date may have other constraints. All that will take more digging to sort out.

I hope you now understand why I have had to "back burner" this modem, as I try to keep up with the evolution of the USB wireless modems (not to mention the outside commitments I am delaying to support puppy).
Richard

Just tried the new Puppy 5.0.1 and it appears that my modem Agere HDA 11c1 1040 is still not supported.

However I also notice that there is at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
a source package agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb which may support for this modem? However compiliing this is beyond my capabilities.....

Just tried the new Puppy 5.0.1 and it appears that my modem Agere HDA 11c1 1040 is still not supported.

However I also notice that there is at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
a source package agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb which may support for this modem? However compiliing this is beyond my capabilities.....

But maybe somebody can do to provide support for this modem??

Cheers
Peter

Now solved with Wary 0.6 (but not yet for Wary 0.7) - see edit to my first post.

Just tried the new Puppy 5.0.1 and it appears that my modem Agere HDA 11c1 1040 is still not supported.

However I also notice that there is at http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/packages/ltmodem/11c11040/
a source package agrsm-11c11040_20091225_i386.deb which may support for this modem? However compiliing this is beyond my capabilities.....

But maybe somebody can do to provide support for this modem??

Cheers
Peter

Now solved with Wary 0.6 (but not yet for Wary 0.7) - see edit to my first post.

Hello. Can anyone confirm that this modem chip when mounted on the sound card works, or are people talking about the chip on some other device?

I tried Wary 060 but saw no improvement. Can anyone confirm that a fresh Wary 060 works, or does it need patches and packages added?

You will need to give him as much detail of your setup as possible - including details of how and where the modem is connected and which model it is if possible - although pmodemdiag collects this for him.

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